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@dcon said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
@PleegWat Elsewhere too. Friends/relatives in Switzerland mentioned some pretty spectacular amounts of rain as well. Lots of flooding and damage.
Sigh. Meanwhile in CA, Burn Baby Burn.
Same in Oregon. We're in super drought.
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@cvi said in In other news today...:
Switzerland mentioned some pretty spectacular amounts of rain as well. Lots of flooding and damage.
Yeah the situation is... not good. Several big lakes are at or beyond the limit of overflowing, parked cars get carried away, neighborhoods are flooded. Rains should lessen today but for now some levels are still rising.
The site's in German but for the vicariously-inclined there's some (mostly shitty phone-) videos here:
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@PotatoEngineer said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
@BernieTheBernie said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
Not today, but recent:
TL;DR: Man was convicted of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and kidnapping in a home invasion and sentenced to 67 years in prison. The only evidence in the case was eyewitness identifying the man by two of the victims. Police at the time suspected the crime was staged; there were no footprints in the fresh show outside the home that was supposedly invaded, and the interior did not appear to have been ransacked. But the prosecution didn't bother telling the defense lawyer about any of the police reports or other evidence casting doubt on the victims' stories. That's kinda really totally absolutely mandatory under US jurisprudence. Oops.
In the state of Bavaria, there was the "Rupp case" which received a (german) wikipedia article.
In short, Mr. Rupp vanished after a visit to his local pub. His corpse was found nowhere. His relatives - who confessed detailed reports of who they murdered him cruelly - were sentenced to several years in prison.Somewhen later, an old car was found in a nearby river. A corpse behind the steering wheel. Mr. Rupp. No hints of the cruel murder could be found.
Obviously, he just drove his car into river when he was trying to drive home, but with the several beers to many in the pub...There are many, many such stories everywhere and they form one of the most important arguments against capital punishment.
Is this one of those cases where the confessions were gained from perp-sweating, threatening family members with interrogation/incarceration, and other wonderful facets that can also be found in Japan's criminal justice system?
The Advanced Interrogation Techniques are a secret of Bavarian police and state's presecutors.
But you may expect any average Niggerian to know them, and also to know that it's better not to know them, as otherwise these techniques might be applied to them in order to make sure they never knew.
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I'm not saying we should murder millennials but maybe if we disable WiFi for a few days they'll all die of withdrawal.
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I'm not saying we should murder millennials but maybe if we disable WiFi for a few days they'll all die of withdrawal.
Interesting, some of these point to me being over 40. Others I don't even know what they are.
Putting a hankie up your sleeve
WTF does that even mean? I assume I don't do that.
Smoking
Great, that shit better die off. Now, if you would stop replacing it with "vaping" or "sheesha" or such things that make you look like a retard, that'd be great.
Not having pronouns in your Instagram bio
You assume I have Instagram. Lol
Using a Satnav
Let me guess, y'all know how to read a map instead? Right?!
E: Oh wow, Gen Z is worse
You wear comfortable shoes
Sue me?!
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Using a Satnav
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Let me guess, y'all know how to read a map instead? Right?!
What? Of course they meant using Google!
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@topspin There's a full list in in the linked article. It's somewhat amusing.
Putting a hankie up your sleeve
My grandpa used to do that. (Hankie = handkerchief = "Taschentuch"; yes, there were some people who used to carry it in their sleeves for whatever reason.)
Talking on the phone
I'm starting to consider calling me on the phone with no forewarning to be somewhat rude. (It doesn't matter that much whether that's via an actual phone number or with Signal/Whatsapp/Discord/...). Unless it's on-fire important, send a text message first (not an SMS, just a message with text).
There's also the fact that nobody I actually want to talk to ever calls me using the actual phone number.
Using cash
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
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@cvi said in In other news today...:
My grandpa used to do that. (Hankie = handkerchief = "Taschentuch"; yes, there were some people who used to carry it in their sleeves for whatever reason.)
In your sleeve?! Gross.
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@cvi said in In other news today...:
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
Just today I read a commentary about EU-something wanting to limit payments in cash and work towards eliminating cash completely in future so they can then do shenanigans like negative interest rates to keep people from saving. Well, I don't think it would work as people could always save in securities. Still, thanks for Austria; they are (somewhat predictably) against.
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
Just today I read a commentary about EU-something wanting to limit payments in cash and work towards eliminating cash completely in future so they can then do shenanigans like negative interest rates to keep people from saving. Well, I don't think it would work as people could always save in securities. Still, thanks for Austria; they are (somewhat predictably) against.
Germans are also very strongly in the "you can take cash out of my cold, dead hands" territory. Although admittedly, I paid much more with card last year than I did before, especially smaller amounts that I used to always pay cash.
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
Just today I read a commentary
Sounds like a typical piece of modern journalism.
about EU-something wanting to limit payments in cash and work towards eliminating cash completely in future so they can then do shenanigans like negative interest rates to keep people from saving. Well, I don't think it would work as people could always save in securities.
How would that work??
Still, thanks for Austria; they are (somewhat predictably) against.
Austria is not the least cashless country and it is not know for money laundering either.
But it is one of the few countries without limit of cash transaction. Most other countries have either hard limit or some kind of soft limit with special duties (buyer needs to show ID || transaction must be reported || buyer is held responsible that seller pays tax || etc). The reason is organized crime (money laundering, terrorism) - which is why some countries push for this limit to be universal.
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
Just today I read a commentary about EU-something wanting to limit payments in cash and work towards eliminating cash completely in future so they can then do shenanigans like negative interest rates to keep people from saving. Well, I don't think it would work as people could always save in securities. Still, thanks for Austria; they are (somewhat predictably) against.
Erm, I'm not quite sure if you missed the last several years but they can do negative interest rates just fine already.
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
As much as I dislike the implications of paying by card/phone all the time, cash is just so much worse. Cash could be made more tolerable if we got rid of all the coins (worst form factor ever), but you'd still have to run to an ATM to get cash, so ... card/phone it is.
Just today I read a commentary
Sounds like a typical piece of modern journalism.
Sounds like a typical piece of armchair generalism in comments.
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@ixvedeusi said in In other news today...:
The site's in German
I was going to harass you about this, but TIL that the Swiss use (almost) Standard German in writing; only spoken Swiss German is gibberish to other German speakers.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Using a Satnav
Let me guess, y'all know how to read a map instead? Right?!
I assume they mean using a standalone satnav device like this, rather than just using your phone.
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Oh wow, Gen Z is worse
You watch Countryfile for the weather forecast at the end
This one is oddly specific.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I assume they mean using a standalone satnav device like this, rather than just using your phone.
Maybe they mean that, but a phone still uses satellite navigation.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I assume they mean using a standalone satnav device like this, rather than just using your phone.
Maybe they mean that, but a phone still uses satellite navigation.
Right but the wording in the article is "using a satnav" and not "using satellite navigation".
denied.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
You watch Countryfile for the weather forecast at the end
This one is oddly specific.
It used to be the main way in the UK to get a longer-term forecast, as it was for the whole week rather than just the next day or so. (OK, the forecast was rather more farming oriented than usual too…)
I have no idea why I've ever watched anything in that show.
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@dkf Ah, Countryfile is a UK thing. That explains why I had no idea what they were talking about.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
Countryfile is a UK thing.
The whole article is, but that's not surprising as it was from the Daily Fail. That also meant I could tell it was stupid clickbait just from the icon.
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@dkf Some of the things on the list aren't UK-exclusive, nor even necessarily UK-specific. Using cash, using a satnav (although AFAIK that term isn't common on this side of the pond), and talking on the phone instead of texting are seen as passe by youngsters over here, too.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
It used to be the main way in the UK to get a longer-term forecast, as it was for the whole week rather than just the next day or so. (OK, the forecast was rather more farming oriented than usual too…)
Oh. Don't think I've ever seen it, forecast or otherwise.
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
if we disable WiFi for a few days they'll all die of withdrawal.
No joke, on the drive down to California to go to SeaWorld little bro asked "When is the WiFi coming back?" 11 times in total over the five hours.
Bro, read the book we put on that fancy tablet you clearly don't care for!
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@cvi said in In other news today...:
Talking on the phone
I'm starting to consider calling me on the phone with no forewarning to be somewhat rude. (It doesn't matter that much whether that's via an actual phone number or with Signal/Whatsapp/Discord/...). Unless it's on-fire important, send a text message first (not an SMS, just a message with text).
There's also the fact that nobody I actually want to talk to ever calls me using the actual phone number.
Just the other day my phone rang for the sixth time this year. Turned out that somehow brother had butt-dialed from fucking Facebook Messenger and it was a group call, so everyone joined in and was like "Hey what's up? Kinda unusual to call at this time, is there something happening/wrong???!"
Meanwhile eventually he pulls his phone out of his ass and was like, "hey guys, why are we talking? Oh shit, did I start the call? Butt dial! Ha ha...."
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
"When is the WiFi coming back?" 11 times in total over the five hours.
Tell them WiFi just isn't used to dealing with kids and needs some time to think. Be sure to act like you're trying to act like it's not their fault even though it totally is.
Or maybe WiFi went to play with memory cat.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
@dcon said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
@PleegWat Elsewhere too. Friends/relatives in Switzerland mentioned some pretty spectacular amounts of rain as well. Lots of flooding and damage.
Sigh. Meanwhile in CA, Burn Baby Burn.
Same in Oregon. We're in super drought.
Shouldn't'a pissed God off.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@cvi said in In other news today...:
Talking on the phone
I'm starting to consider calling me on the phone with no forewarning to be somewhat rude. (It doesn't matter that much whether that's via an actual phone number or with Signal/Whatsapp/Discord/...). Unless it's on-fire important, send a text message first (not an SMS, just a message with text).
There's also the fact that nobody I actually want to talk to ever calls me using the actual phone number.
Just the other day my phone rang for the sixth time this year. Turned out that somehow brother had butt-dialed from fucking Facebook Messenger and it was a group call, so everyone joined in and was like "Hey what's up? Kinda unusual to call at this time, is there something happening/wrong???!"
Meanwhile eventually he pulls his phone out of his ass and was like, "hey guys, why are we talking? Oh shit, did I start the call? Butt dial! Ha ha...."
Every time I get a legitimate phone call I have to suppress the reflex to block the number.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Germans are also very strongly in the "you can take cash out of my cold, dead hands" territory.
I don't hold with this, fuck with my corpse's cash and I will haunt you.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Butt dial! Ha ha...
Swipe to unlock tends to lead to that sort of nonsense. Requiring a PIN, password or biometric scan to unlock will stop the problem.
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I honestly thought Apple was number one.
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I honestly thought Apple was number one.
have the very high value add part of the market, but the volume market is dominated by sales outside the US that are much more price sensitive.
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
Erm, I'm not quite sure if you missed the last several years but they can do negative interest rates just fine already.
The *IBOR can go down to something like -0.3%, but that's because the rate of any account for normal people and companies is always a bit higher, so those are not negative. Electronic currency would allow going much lower with IBOR to pull the rates for people and companies below zero too, which cannot really be done currently.
Well, of course not really, because as long as you can exchange the currency for other securities, and as long as those other securities don't have negative interest, it won't really work. But that's the argument.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I assume they mean using a standalone satnav device like this, rather than just using your phone.
I have one... Sadly, it won't even boot up now.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Butt dial! Ha ha...
Swipe to unlock tends to lead to that sort of nonsense. Requiring a PIN, password or biometric scan to unlock will stop the problem.
That's one of the main reasons I enabled the connect-the-dots thing.
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
Erm, I'm not quite sure if you missed the last several years but they can do negative interest rates just fine already.
The *IBOR can go down to something like -0.3%, but that's because the rate of any account for normal people and companies is always a bit higher, so those are not negative. Electronic currency would allow going much lower with IBOR to pull the rates for people and companies below zero too, which cannot really be done currently.
Well, of course not really, because as long as you can exchange the currency for other securities, and as long as those other securities don't have negative interest, it won't really work. But that's the argument.
Nope, you're wrong. There are quite a number of banks who're doing -0.5% currently if you're above a certain limit on your savings or checking account. A few set this limit to zero (so you're subject to a negative rate from the start) and a select few go up to - 1.0%.
They can't do that easily to customers with older contracts but new customers will be subject to that.
And several banks will charge a fee which effectively act as an additional negative interest (albeit a fixed one rather than the relative rate).
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@Rhywden Ok, that didn't make it here. But then, PRIBOR is not allowed to go to negative interest and was mostly at what they called a “technical zero”, which was actually something like +0.2%. So our banks don't go to negative either (except for fees, of course, fees are a thing here).
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I assume they mean using a standalone satnav device like this, rather than just using your phone.
I have one... Sadly, it won't even boot up now.
I boot my Garmin Nuvi 200 every few years to make sure the Flash doesn't totally die.
I have that thing customized out the wazoo, custom boot logo, custom UI text, the works!
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I honestly thought Apple was number one.
have the very high value add part of the market, but the volume market is dominated by sales outside the US that are much more price sensitive.
There's also some fluctuation.
Apple were first in Q4 2020, but third in Q3 2020 (behind Xiaomi again).
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@M_Adams half a solution but it's a start.
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There must be a mistake in this report: the raccoon was clearly facepalming, because they have no shame and thus have nothing to be embarrassed about:
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You could be a winner!
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This housebreaker hardly left any traces:
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
Insincere confirmation. The person that the author of this acknowledgement likes to refer to with the perpendicular pronoun has been acquainted with a moderate number of lexemes in your publication.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Garmin Nuvi 200
Mine was the Nuvi 1450.
The really nice thing about standalone units like these is that they don't need to download maps. When I travel to northern CA, I have to turn my phone off for a while (about 50mi) because otherwise the battery drops like a stone while it constantly searches for a cell signal. Sure GPS works. But if the map hasn't downloaded yet, that's not very useful info.
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
This housebreaker hardly left any traces:
And likely has a new client!
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@dcon Uh, you realize that quite a number of map applications now have an offline mode?
And "turning your phone off" because it has no reception? Airplane mode is a thing.
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